略说女娲神话

On the Myth of Nuwa

结合中国原始社会的历史背景,揭示女娲神话的形成原因,及其往后的发展、变化与意义,指出神话中包含着历史。

By analyzing the historical background of the primitive society in ancient China, the present paper tries to reveal the reasons of how the Myth of Nuwa begin to take shape and describe the process of its later development,modifications and significance.Eventually,we argue that myths may contain history.